Motivation is the force that compels us to action. It refers to factors that activate, direct, and sustain goal-directed behavior (Nevid, 2012). Motivation influences our ability to accomplish goals and influences our behavior. Now that we know what motivation is, we can look at the different motivation needs and theories and why and how they are important in our personal life as well as our professional life. Abraham Maslow developed the hierarchy of needs which brings both biological and psychological needs together. The hierarchy of needs consists of five levels: physiological, safety, love and belongingness, esteem needs, and the need for self-actualization. The five levels can be divided into basic needs and growth needs. The basic needs
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Drive theory focuses on drives that satisfy survival needs such as sleep, water, and food. Drive reduction is the satisfaction of the drive. The incentive theory is a form of motivation that involves rewards, both monetary and nonmonetary. Our textbook states that it’s the belief that our attraction to particular goals or objects motivates much of our behavior. People work harder to achieve a goal when they know that they will be rewarded when the job is completed. An example of this theory is a person attending college to get a degree so they can get promoted in the workplace. Motivation is important in a person’s personal life. It helps us get out of bed in the morning or encourage us to eat when we get hungry. Without motivation a person may sit at home all day and not want to get up and do anything. Certain emotions can prevent a person from being motivated. An example is if someone suffers from depression and doesn’t get help they may feel that they are useless or they can feel that nothing that they do matters. Or maybe somebody doesn’t get attention at home so they start to feel unwanted and their motivation starts to decline. There are many other factors that may prevent a person to be unmotivated such as procrastinating or just feeling lazy. The good news is that there are several ways, or things that …show more content…
Managers must show a support for each other and show that they back the other person that is making a decision. Any disagreement must be made behind closed doors and not in front of the employee. One example that could cause a lack of motivation in the workplace is rumors. Even though some rumors may not always be wrong but they don’t make it good for employee morale. Another example of what could cause an employee to lose motivation is by overworking them. If the employee starts to get too stresses they stop caring about the work that they do and they start to slack off. These two examples I have seen first-hand in the workplace. Not only does the employees’ motivation start to drop but the morale of an entire department can start to fall apart. That can hurt the bottom line for the department or company and the person that gets the rightful blame is the
Drive theory focuses on drives that satisfy survival needs such as sleep, water, and food. Drive reduction is the satisfaction of the drive. The incentive theory is a form of motivation that involves rewards, both monetary and nonmonetary. Our textbook states that it’s the belief that our attraction to particular goals or objects motivates much of our behavior. People work harder to achieve a goal when they know that they will be rewarded when the job is completed. An example of this theory is a person attending college to get a degree so they can get promoted in the workplace. Motivation is important in a person’s personal life. It helps us get out of bed in the morning or encourage us to eat when we get hungry. Without motivation a person may sit at home all day and not want to get up and do anything. Certain emotions can prevent a person from being motivated. An example is if someone suffers from depression and doesn’t get help they may feel that they are useless or they can feel that nothing that they do matters. Or maybe somebody doesn’t get attention at home so they start to feel unwanted and their motivation starts to decline. There are many other factors that may prevent a person to be unmotivated such as procrastinating or just feeling lazy. The good news is that there are several ways, or things that …show more content…
Managers must show a support for each other and show that they back the other person that is making a decision. Any disagreement must be made behind closed doors and not in front of the employee. One example that could cause a lack of motivation in the workplace is rumors. Even though some rumors may not always be wrong but they don’t make it good for employee morale. Another example of what could cause an employee to lose motivation is by overworking them. If the employee starts to get too stresses they stop caring about the work that they do and they start to slack off. These two examples I have seen first-hand in the workplace. Not only does the employees’ motivation start to drop but the morale of an entire department can start to fall apart. That can hurt the bottom line for the department or company and the person that gets the rightful blame is the